内容摘要：Before that, thousands participated in a nine-day march against the bill- beginning in the far north and ending in Auckland.

Before that, thousands participated in a nine-day march against the bill- beginning in the far north and ending in Auckland.

Newport Salop Rugby Union Football Club said fouling had become a big problem, but it did not have the finances to completely fence off its pitches from the adjoining public footpaths."The big issue we have is people ignoring the signs telling people to keep off the pitch," said Andy Bosher, bar and catering manager at the club.

"We get up to 400 children playing here on a Sunday and team managers have had to go round and pick dog poo off the fields."The club said that in 2015 one player almost lost a foot after a cut became infected by dog poo.Councillor Richard Overton, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Highways, Housing & Enforcement called on owners to take greater responsibility for their dogs.

He called on the "small minority" of owners responsible for the mess to treat the borough's parks and streets as if they were their own homes.Mr Overton admitted that, like him, local residents would be "very disappointed" to see so few fines brought and none to be paid.

He said people were often reluctant to come forward and give evidence against their neighbours and calls for witnesses usually had a poor response.

"We are clear that we would fine if we had the evidence and everything to back it up and we would take people to court if we had to," he said., when waste containing sodium cyanide flowed into the River Tisza, a tributary of the Danube, following a dam burst at a goldmine in Romania.

The accident killed about 80% of fish in the river and devastated local populations of birds and other animals.Sodium cyanide dissolves in water and can have serious adverse health effects if people or pets come into direct contact with it, the council advised.

Anyone exposed to the water who felt unwell should seek medical advice through the NHS 111 service or phone 999 in an emergency, a spokesperson for the authority added.People living on boats on the canal in the affected area were being made aware of the spill, the Canal and River Trust said.